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first of all, you have john boehner in a meeting. you have harry reid saying he's going to move forward, and you can see we're waiting for the president, that is the diplomatic room, and we have no indication he's going to take questions, but he is going to talk about the ongoing debt negotiations. it was just yesterday that "the new york times" suggested that the president really risked being a bystander in one of the most critical moments of his presidency. well, clearly, after holding all those meetings in the white house, now he's back front and center in the =!]$uz of ë%uthis. and also as luke just suggested, we've got two huge pieces of economic news. one, the numbers on the gdp, which basically mark the economic progress that we're making, much worse than expected. the dow -- do we have those numbers? can we put up where the markets are right now? they were down more than 100 points -- well, they are 84 now. a lot of suggestions if the markets really start to react negatively, that will add even more from the pressure. i want
first of all, you have john boehner in a meeting. you have harry reid saying he's going to move forward, and you can see we're waiting for the president, that is the diplomatic room, and we have no indication he's going to take questions, but he is going to talk about the ongoing debt negotiations. it was just yesterday that "the new york times" suggested that the president really risked being a bystander in one of the most critical moments of his presidency. well, clearly, after...
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i know john boehner. he is from my state. i think he will do the right thing even if it is a profile in courage even if he ends up with a sharp object in his back. >> are you making asimgss about the tea party caucus? >> i'm not taking any. i don't know. i know there are people in the leadership that want to be speaker as much as john boehner wants to be speaker. who knows where that leads? that's inside politics. i want to see this done. i think john boehner will do the right thing. 160, 180 democrats will do the right thing. the tea party will be on the wrong side of history unless they realize the country comes first before a political agenda. >> does it get done before august 2nd? >> i think it gets done some time on monday. >> we'll hold you to that. senator brown, thank you for being on today. >> thanks. >>> earlier harry reid employed republicans. >> the last train is leaving the station. this is our last chance for default. the vote will determine whether we enter the frightened world of default. a vote for the senate
i know john boehner. he is from my state. i think he will do the right thing even if it is a profile in courage even if he ends up with a sharp object in his back. >> are you making asimgss about the tea party caucus? >> i'm not taking any. i don't know. i know there are people in the leadership that want to be speaker as much as john boehner wants to be speaker. who knows where that leads? that's inside politics. i want to see this done. i think john boehner will do the right...
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john boehner is going to have to rely upon democrats. if he's going to remain as speaker he's got to say to his folks, i stood my ground. you did send the imagine. you cast the boot you wanted to cast on principle without standing many the way of an umt mate default. >> chuck todd, it strikes me as david's talking and as we've heard james cramer that all bets are off. it used to be that they would go into that room and have the arm twisting moment with the peeker of the house. he'd offer them some prosecuting for their district. as we heard last night that doesn't cut it because they are reformers. they came here without the institutional set of motives. what is the play? what does the white house think the play is? >> the play at this point is i think you're going to see a handful of republican senators either with public approval for mitch mcconnell on taccit approval. they're going to find a way to get a bipartisan bill out of the senate probably some time on sunday that renegotiating the second part of this. that's where this is head
john boehner is going to have to rely upon democrats. if he's going to remain as speaker he's got to say to his folks, i stood my ground. you did send the imagine. you cast the boot you wanted to cast on principle without standing many the way of an umt mate default. >> chuck todd, it strikes me as david's talking and as we've heard james cramer that all bets are off. it used to be that they would go into that room and have the arm twisting moment with the peeker of the house. he'd offer...
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john boehner to then former use speaker newt @@gingrich, how well is boehner doing? i ask you, major garrettí >> this lots of ways to measure that. one is the polling data. gingri's he's negatives were always higher an his positives. john boehnes positives are yawl to his negatis so he's doing@better in the@polling with the american public. congress's approval rating though is lower now than it was in the@mid-90s. congress is held in much higher ntempt now than then. analysis. the inside coress analysis is that this stage of speaker gingrich speakehip he already had the contract of america through, to 10 high priority items sos he had more legislative victories than ehner does now. but that was e fective end of the gingrich speakership. boehner has taken a gradsistic approach, removing power from the speakership, giving it@more to the chairmen, allowing legislation to move through the house, that is giving him latitude to strike deals some boehner internally is stronger and is probably going@to remain s(nger as a eaker an gingrich was. >> do you think all@of at whic
john boehner to then former use speaker newt @@gingrich, how well is boehner doing? i ask you, major garrettí >> this lots of ways to measure that. one is the polling data. gingri's he's negatives were always higher an his positives. john boehnes positives are yawl to his negatis so he's doing@better in the@polling with the american public. congress's approval rating though is lower now than it was in the@mid-90s. congress is held in much higher ntempt now than then. analysis. the inside...
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, as they prepare to vote today for john boehner's proposal. seems to have worked as well as the tongue lashing they got from the speaker himself. joining me now is south dakota republican senator john thune. good to see you, senator. thanks so much. we have seen so much drama along the way here but it does look like speaker boehner has the votes and now this is going to end up in your ballpark and there is going to be a motion to table, presumably, from harry reid today. where do we go from here once we get this out of the way? >> we're down to crunch time. we've got to get a solution. the house republicans have consistently put forward plans, they passed a budget on schedule, i might add, something that the senate hasn't done now in over two years. they passed a cut, cap and balance plan. now they are going to pass a boehner plan. so i would hope that we would be able to get votes in the senate for the boehner plan. looks like the president and white house have whipped hard against it and are persuading democrats to try and block it. so if it
, as they prepare to vote today for john boehner's proposal. seems to have worked as well as the tongue lashing they got from the speaker himself. joining me now is south dakota republican senator john thune. good to see you, senator. thanks so much. we have seen so much drama along the way here but it does look like speaker boehner has the votes and now this is going to end up in your ballpark and there is going to be a motion to table, presumably, from harry reid today. where do we go from...
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look, my leadership, john boehner and eric cantor, are doing a fantastic job. and the new numbers that they put out now in the boehner plan do look much better. all i'm saying is i think we've got a moment in time here where we can do better. the crisis is so severe, so severe. and we've got a president and a democratic party and i think too many folks over in the senate who just don't understand how severe this crisis is. >> define for me, if you would, what better is at this point because you talked about the numbers a minute ago. you've also talked a lot about the idea of a balanced budget amendment. i'm telling you, mr. representative, having looked at it as closely as i can, i don't see how you get approval of that measure right now. so if you can't pass that, what can you settle for? >> well, when we look at numbers, tom, i mean, we've got a $14 trillion debt now. we're going to add another 12 to 13 over the course of the next ten years. even the ryan budget that us -- that we republicans passed is going to add to that debt. a trillion dollars over ten ye
look, my leadership, john boehner and eric cantor, are doing a fantastic job. and the new numbers that they put out now in the boehner plan do look much better. all i'm saying is i think we've got a moment in time here where we can do better. the crisis is so severe, so severe. and we've got a president and a democratic party and i think too many folks over in the senate who just don't understand how severe this crisis is. >> define for me, if you would, what better is at this point...
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but i'm not in john boehner's office. he doesn't ask me my opinion. but what my opinion is is that they're trying to find out who's going to get blame and who's going to get credit because they know they have to achieve something. >> what do you make of what's going on with the gop, though? what does it say about john boehner as speaker of the house or about -- who's in charge of the republican party if john boehner the speaker of the house can't wrangle his own members? >> well, i think he has a tough job. he has a lot of new members. so even though i disagree with his answers and his programs, i sort of have a bit of sympathy for him trying to put them all together an get something passed. but just think of what happened to paul ryan. he made a proposal and he got barbed pretty badly. so boehner still has to put up with the senate and the president and goes back and forth. it's in many ways just a power struggle, who's going to end up with the power in government and who's going to get blamed. so that's what i see going on. b speaker boehner is tryi
but i'm not in john boehner's office. he doesn't ask me my opinion. but what my opinion is is that they're trying to find out who's going to get blame and who's going to get credit because they know they have to achieve something. >> what do you make of what's going on with the gop, though? what does it say about john boehner as speaker of the house or about -- who's in charge of the republican party if john boehner the speaker of the house can't wrangle his own members? >> well, i...
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this is unprecedented for john boehner. he's never directly responded to president obama in this type of address, national television, him in the room, no reporters, nobody else. it's going to happen in the speaker's ceremonial office off the side of the lobby. we're expected to hear a real verbal rebuke of whatever the president says, a real support of the plan he put forward, stressing it's a common sense idea, he believes in bipartisan support. their aides saying this was brought to harry reid and dismissed, democrats dispute that, but expect that line of thought from john boehner. >> just to follow up on the republican response, there's a very state of the union structure tonight, first from the president, then the response. but in state of the union addresses, the opposing party takes some time to think about who should deliver that response. and the best positions to do it. was there any discussion that maybe this message should be delivered by someone other than john boehner? >> no, not at all. and as you know, lawre
this is unprecedented for john boehner. he's never directly responded to president obama in this type of address, national television, him in the room, no reporters, nobody else. it's going to happen in the speaker's ceremonial office off the side of the lobby. we're expected to hear a real verbal rebuke of whatever the president says, a real support of the plan he put forward, stressing it's a common sense idea, he believes in bipartisan support. their aides saying this was brought to harry...
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it looked very gloomy for the speaker, john boehner. all of a sudden they sweetened the pot for the tea party supporters, freshman republicans, and now it looks like he's going to get this language passed. >> a guaranteed vote on the balanced budget amendment. i think that the speaker of the house would not even be bringing this up if he were not absolutely sure that he did not have the votes to pass it which is why he didn't bring it up yesterday. what's interesting about this is we watched for hours last night. people going in and out of his office. pizza being delivered and all the rest. what's interesting is that in the old days speakers used to be able to say here's a little pork, here's an earmark or two. i can twist your arm this way or that way. this was all about substance, ideology, how we can get to entitlement cuts. you know, this was not about sort of petty. this was about big picture, how we get to where you want to be because the 87 freshmen members of the house see themselves as a transformational caucus. >> do you think
it looked very gloomy for the speaker, john boehner. all of a sudden they sweetened the pot for the tea party supporters, freshman republicans, and now it looks like he's going to get this language passed. >> a guaranteed vote on the balanced budget amendment. i think that the speaker of the house would not even be bringing this up if he were not absolutely sure that he did not have the votes to pass it which is why he didn't bring it up yesterday. what's interesting about this is we...
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after receiving a phone call from house speaker john boehner, where the president learned that the speaker and the republicans would no longer negotiate with him over a deficit reduction deal, the president went to the press briefing room to give his reaction to the american people. >> i just got a call about a half hour ago from speaker boehnor, who indicated that he was going to be walking away from the negotiations that we've been engaged in here at the white house for a big deficit reduction and debt reduction package. we were offering a deal that caused for as much discretionary savings as the gang of six. we were calling for taxes that were less than what the gang of six had proposed. and we had -- we were calling for modifications to entitlement programs. this was an extraordinarily fair deal. if it was unbalanced, it was unbalanced in the direction of not enough revenue. nancy pelosi, harry reid, the democratic leadership, they sure did not like the plan that we were proposing to boehnor, but they were at least willing to engage in a conversation because they understood how importa
after receiving a phone call from house speaker john boehner, where the president learned that the speaker and the republicans would no longer negotiate with him over a deficit reduction deal, the president went to the press briefing room to give his reaction to the american people. >> i just got a call about a half hour ago from speaker boehnor, who indicated that he was going to be walking away from the negotiations that we've been engaged in here at the white house for a big deficit...
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john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. to have that happen and on the eve -- >> bad for the country, what? let me just finish, it is good politics in the traditional sense because in terms of getting a national answer in the next days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, was did anybody benefit from the house tonight, did anybody, way better than they did half an hour ago, the thing? >> i think possibly a fellow came out better with his base, but the country is tired of the political posturing and people really want leadership and fine dancers and get this off the edge of the cliffs. >> the debate we had today seemed to move beyond the tax increases and the short term, nobody talking about tax increases except for barack obama, who still talk about that. the plan by harry reid contains no tax increases. in the short term. the plan by john boehner contains no tax increases. >> let me ask you about this, wolf, clearly the tea party factor here
john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. to have that happen and on the eve -- >> bad for the country, what? let me just finish, it is good politics in the traditional sense because in terms of getting a national answer in the next days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, was did anybody benefit from the house tonight, did anybody, way better than they did half an hour ago, the thing?...
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there is a harry reid plan and a john boehner plan. given the stakes involved, why not have these two gentlemen sit down together and sort of reach a compromise? i'll meet you halfway here. you meet me halfway there. let's get it resolved. we'll post the legislation. get it passed in the senate and the house and the president will sign it, in this krand this crie averted. >> that's what they were trying to work toward this weekend. all weekend long we were here. negotiations were happening behind closed doors. there was some indication that they had, there was some agreement toward a framework. we were hearing about hints of progress. come sunday there was a stalemate as it was described to me. and it was over this second vote in the boehner proposal that would happen early next year them could not come to an agreement. democrats could not get comfortable that there would be any certainty that they would be able to raise the debt ceiling without raising this deadlock. i will till, at the same time, they're clearly not agreeing right no
there is a harry reid plan and a john boehner plan. given the stakes involved, why not have these two gentlemen sit down together and sort of reach a compromise? i'll meet you halfway here. you meet me halfway there. let's get it resolved. we'll post the legislation. get it passed in the senate and the house and the president will sign it, in this krand this crie averted. >> that's what they were trying to work toward this weekend. all weekend long we were here. negotiations were...
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right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he's getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won't get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner's debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling to rewrite it after budget officials determined the proposal would not cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit as promised. >> we think there are real problems with this plan. >> reporter: the delay could give boehner more time to rally votes. some in his own party are demanding deeper cuts, but the plan still faces a dead end in the senate. >> democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. >> reporter: the white house says president obama will veto boehner's plan if it reaches his desk. instead the
right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he's getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won't get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner's debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling...
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and john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. and to have that happen on the eve, you know. >> let me ask you. did anybody -- >> better for the country. >> what? >> let me finish the thought. it is good politics in the traditional sense, but in terms of getting the national answer in the next eight days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, david, whether anybody benefited from the speeches tonight. has anyone come away better than they did half an hour ago? >> i think probably each fellow came off better in its base. i think the country is so tired of political posturing and people really want leadership that finds answers and get us off the edge of the cliff. >> what was interesting also, the debate we were having in washington today seems to have moved beyond the tax increases. at least in the short term. nobody today is talking about tax increases except barack obama who still talked about that tonight in his speech. the plan by harry reid conta
and john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. and to have that happen on the eve, you know. >> let me ask you. did anybody -- >> better for the country. >> what? >> let me finish the thought. it is good politics in the traditional sense, but in terms of getting the national answer in the next eight days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, david, whether anybody benefited from...
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john boehner's plan is to fasz house of representatives wednesday and you could see john boehner's plan to be the last one standing and the only one coming out of the house with reid's plan held nup in the senate. and then do they take boehner's plan and accept it or back to square one and then the president cave in and not veto this, because it is the only thing possible to avoid a default? the question now is does harry reid get to cloture in the united states senate and the aides feel that he can't, and they say he has supported it in the past and in a certain set of circumstances they would, but with mitch mcconnell and john boehner joined at the hip for this, you can see that republicans offering support for that with john boehner's plan being the last one standing, and what will the president do? >> well, will he hold the stance that he has said adamantly that he would shorten a short-term veto deal from the president? >> well, we have not heard from him today, so it will be interesting when we hear from him or the white house, but as of right now, they have taken a back seat in a
john boehner's plan is to fasz house of representatives wednesday and you could see john boehner's plan to be the last one standing and the only one coming out of the house with reid's plan held nup in the senate. and then do they take boehner's plan and accept it or back to square one and then the president cave in and not veto this, because it is the only thing possible to avoid a default? the question now is does harry reid get to cloture in the united states senate and the aides feel that...
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so john boehner, you're a speaker because of us. that's a fundamental difference in the way this conference operates and the limits of speaker boehner's power at times th like this. i'm not saying that is entirely. but he is given -- >> many thanks. everybody sticking with us. it is an extraordinary night much more on the break douchbt deficit talks. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >>> i remain confident that we will get an extension of the debt limit and we will not default. i am confident of that. >> that's president obama late today. let's get more now from the white house with nbc's cristin. cristin? >> we are learni
so john boehner, you're a speaker because of us. that's a fundamental difference in the way this conference operates and the limits of speaker boehner's power at times th like this. i'm not saying that is entirely. but he is given -- >> many thanks. everybody sticking with us. it is an extraordinary night much more on the break douchbt deficit talks. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it...
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but john boehner also knows some history. the last time we had a major budget deal that by every definition work was bill clinton in 1993. without a single republican voting party in the house and senate. it included twice as much in tax increases and revenues as it did in spending cuts. what happened after that? 22 million new jobs were created. the longest sustained peacetime prosperity in the history of the united states. more jobs than in reagan and 12 years of bush were created. >> newt gingrich is on the stump taking credit for it. politically, the afp knowledge running those commercials. grandpa says maybe we seem like an easy target for congress until you realize there are 50 million of us. message -- "we vote. keep your hands off social security and medicare." >> the was to be expected. what was not expected was drawn boehner -- john boehner saying the truth, that you have too many people in the room. it's hard to have a serious discussion because as soon as one person raises a point, it gets a jump on and talked to
but john boehner also knows some history. the last time we had a major budget deal that by every definition work was bill clinton in 1993. without a single republican voting party in the house and senate. it included twice as much in tax increases and revenues as it did in spending cuts. what happened after that? 22 million new jobs were created. the longest sustained peacetime prosperity in the history of the united states. more jobs than in reagan and 12 years of bush were created. >>...
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>> we have multiple personalities than john boehner. talks about jobs, knows he's not actually talking about jobs. that was his opening. secondly, he knows he'll have to take a very different bill to the same house in a matter of days, which will be what comes out of the senate. eamer that or he'll be in real trouble with whatever he thinks it the american people want to hear is completely overtaken by talks of a shutdown, social security checks not paid. and thirdly, where was the john boehner offering revenues and how come now we're talking about a balanced budget amendment? there are multiple characters and maultiple politics played ot right there in that speech. >> gene, his future was very much on the line, or is very much on the line as the house speaker, tos extend he can't get anything out. he can't personally survive in that role. >> absolutely. look, last night he couldn't get a bill through. he had to add this balanced budget amendment provision, which is, you know, if there weren't already enough poison pills in the bill to
>> we have multiple personalities than john boehner. talks about jobs, knows he's not actually talking about jobs. that was his opening. secondly, he knows he'll have to take a very different bill to the same house in a matter of days, which will be what comes out of the senate. eamer that or he'll be in real trouble with whatever he thinks it the american people want to hear is completely overtaken by talks of a shutdown, social security checks not paid. and thirdly, where was the john...
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earlier tonight senator john mccain said what this vote means for house speaker john boehner. >> this is really his leadership of the republicans in the house, and being speaker is clearly at stake here if he can't bring his people along. >> it has been a day of confusion for republicans everywhere, not just on capitol hill. republican senior strategist rush limbaugh is worried that the democrats might be outsmarting the republicans by tricking them into trying to move the boehner bill. limbaugh is not sure exactly how the republicans should vote on the boehner bill. that's how wild the confusion is on this. listen to rush limbaugh. >> the problem then becomes republicans refuse to compromise, which is what the democrats want all along. meanwhile, republicans think by dumping this in reid's lap that the democrats are going to end up looking like they don't compromise. democrats have it to a head. >> joining me now, white house press secretary jay carney. thank you very much for joining me tonight, jay. >> lawrence, thanks for having me. >> jay, i share a bit, a bit of rush limbaugh's
earlier tonight senator john mccain said what this vote means for house speaker john boehner. >> this is really his leadership of the republicans in the house, and being speaker is clearly at stake here if he can't bring his people along. >> it has been a day of confusion for republicans everywhere, not just on capitol hill. republican senior strategist rush limbaugh is worried that the democrats might be outsmarting the republicans by tricking them into trying to move the boehner...
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it was hard for john boehner. it was not hard for john boehner to decide how to vote on that. eric cantor, that's right, eric cantor voted for it. eric cantor voted for a 90% income tax increase. he voted with dennis kucinich. he voted with charlie rangel on a tax rate increase. the thing he is now claiming is the single most destructive thing congress can possibly do, increase taxes. john boehner had been dealing with eric cantor for a while before i got to deal with eric cantor for a few minutes that day. so boehner knew what i just discovered that morning, that cantor was an incompetent amateur who deserved noplace in congressional leadership. cantor has proven himself to be exactly that in the budget negotiations with the president. the president has obviously recognized from the start that a rank amateur was sitting across the table from him, and the president has played cantor's childish reactions to the democrats' full advantage. the next time you hear eric cantor lying about all tax increases being harmful to the economy, and downright evil, always remember this. >> co
it was hard for john boehner. it was not hard for john boehner to decide how to vote on that. eric cantor, that's right, eric cantor voted for it. eric cantor voted for a 90% income tax increase. he voted with dennis kucinich. he voted with charlie rangel on a tax rate increase. the thing he is now claiming is the single most destructive thing congress can possibly do, increase taxes. john boehner had been dealing with eric cantor for a while before i got to deal with eric cantor for a few...
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you could see a scenario where on tuesday night john boehner receives a compromise bill from the united states senate and he's going to have to do an aggressive whip to just get 50, 60 members to join, to cross the finish line. the two plans, the boehner plan which the senate killed last night, the reid plan which the house is going to kill even before it gets negotiated, there's a lot of similarities in terms of how much they cut spending but there's still huge different divides, particularly the balanced budget amendment, specifically how much the debt limit would be increased in the second tranche, president obama wants this to be a process that goes through 2012. republicans want to cut $1.8 trillion in spending, a lot of democrats fear that will come out of entitlements and what not. i'm hearing reid will do an aggressive push trying to get moderate republicans on his team and then send something over to the house by the end of the weekend. honestly in terms of what the clock tells us, that's the only plausible way forward that we know of right now unless mitch mcconnell, president
you could see a scenario where on tuesday night john boehner receives a compromise bill from the united states senate and he's going to have to do an aggressive whip to just get 50, 60 members to join, to cross the finish line. the two plans, the boehner plan which the senate killed last night, the reid plan which the house is going to kill even before it gets negotiated, there's a lot of similarities in terms of how much they cut spending but there's still huge different divides, particularly...
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john boehner has been a very interesting figure in all of this. at one point he was walking in the back door of the white house and trying to cut a deal with the president. obviously, shamed out of that. so now he came up with his own deal and spent a lot of time last night bringing people in through his front door, recalcitrant republicans, to get them on board. is he wounded by what happened this week? is he strengthened? >> i think what happened this week is that we have seen how little leverage and how weak john boehner really is. you know, he has a leadership style that he has said, you know, after the top-down leadership style we saw with nancy pelosi, that he wanted to be a consensus leader, that things would come from the bottom up and he won his majority in the house because a lot of these freshmen ran specifically against the establishment and against deals and against the kinds of things that have been sort of the lubricant of washington. so he started out with a very weak hand and i think what we saw this week was how weak it was. gwen
john boehner has been a very interesting figure in all of this. at one point he was walking in the back door of the white house and trying to cut a deal with the president. obviously, shamed out of that. so now he came up with his own deal and spent a lot of time last night bringing people in through his front door, recalcitrant republicans, to get them on board. is he wounded by what happened this week? is he strengthened? >> i think what happened this week is that we have seen how...
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well, john boehner clearly is not a leader. the speaker of the house is desperately trying to get enough members of his party to sign on to his plan to hold president obama accountable? boehner held a house republican caucus meeting 12 hours after he lied about president obama in front of a national audience. last night boehner said something that really caught my attention and the attention of "the ed show" audience. take a look. >> the sad truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> boehner took the same garbage to the real leader of the republican party today. >> what happens when we get to next april when this new trillion-dollar line of credit that's being added expires and we're right back where we are today? >> well, that's -- that's -- that's the point the president's making. that's why he wants a $2.4 trillion blank check today, that lets him continue his spending spree. >> boehner using the -- to corral the radical tea party ele
well, john boehner clearly is not a leader. the speaker of the house is desperately trying to get enough members of his party to sign on to his plan to hold president obama accountable? boehner held a house republican caucus meeting 12 hours after he lied about president obama in front of a national audience. last night boehner said something that really caught my attention and the attention of "the ed show" audience. take a look. >> the sad truth is that the president wanted a...
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gwen: john boehner talked about it a little bit today. let's listen. >> i don't want to preclude any chance of coming to an agreement, but they've been unwilling to put a real plan on the table and without serious spending cuts, without real reform of our entitlement programs, this problem is not going to be solved. gwen: then the president also spoke about means testing as well. >> we've said that we are willing to look at all those approaches. i've laid out some criteria in terms of what would be acceptable. you can envision a situation where, for somebody in my position, me having to pay a little bit more on premiums or co-pays or things like that would be appropriate. gwen: that sound you hear is democrats screaming, liberals screaming but it sounded like they were in agreement. >> this is where they were last saturday. this whole notion of the president has to put a plan out there. look at what happened to john boehner when he hinted about a possible tax bill with the president. he got killed by his party. the president was offering
gwen: john boehner talked about it a little bit today. let's listen. >> i don't want to preclude any chance of coming to an agreement, but they've been unwilling to put a real plan on the table and without serious spending cuts, without real reform of our entitlement programs, this problem is not going to be solved. gwen: then the president also spoke about means testing as well. >> we've said that we are willing to look at all those approaches. i've laid out some criteria in terms...
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but john boehner's best has not been good enough. he has been elected to the speakership with the votes of economically uneducatable tea party republicans who have no ability to comprehend the seriousness and the necessity of raising the debt ceiling, and so tonight in what john boehner was hoping would be the tea party's "first really adult moment," john boehner has been forced to bring a bill to a vote that he knows is the work of the children in his party, the political peter pans who still, with the united states of america careening towards default on its obligations, refuse to grow up. joining me now, democratic senator from north dakota and budget committee chairman, senator kent conrad, thanks for joining me tonight, lawrence. the house has sent this bill over, harry reid is trying to take quick action on it. i just got word on my blackberry harry reid is trying to schedule votes to get through this. can you tell us what the state of play is in the senate right now. >> the vote has just started on the move to end the boehner
but john boehner's best has not been good enough. he has been elected to the speakership with the votes of economically uneducatable tea party republicans who have no ability to comprehend the seriousness and the necessity of raising the debt ceiling, and so tonight in what john boehner was hoping would be the tea party's "first really adult moment," john boehner has been forced to bring a bill to a vote that he knows is the work of the children in his party, the political peter pans...
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send it back to the house and say, john boehner, here's a bipartisan proposal, take it or leave it. we're still a long way from seeing what that looks like. >> thanks for keeping a vigilant eye on it. see you next hour. >>> i spoke with ron ansanaa this morning and asked him how difficult this crisis could get. >> the situation is leading to this is the worst and most overused expression on wall street which is that the markets hate uncertainty, and this is a more uncertain environment than i've seen in my adult lifetime and i think everybody in our age group would suggest they've not seen a political game played like this down to the wire with so much at stake. >> and so many people say that damage has already been done in terms of our aaa credit rating. do you believe that to be true? >> well, moody's came out late yesterday and suggested if we got a debt ceiling increase they might not downgrade, they'll put us on negative watch for a possible future downgrade pending any advancement on a deficit reduction deal. >> but negative watch doesn't do anything to our wallet in terms --
send it back to the house and say, john boehner, here's a bipartisan proposal, take it or leave it. we're still a long way from seeing what that looks like. >> thanks for keeping a vigilant eye on it. see you next hour. >>> i spoke with ron ansanaa this morning and asked him how difficult this crisis could get. >> the situation is leading to this is the worst and most overused expression on wall street which is that the markets hate uncertainty, and this is a more uncertain...
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the house speaker john boehner's plan would require two separate votes. one this year, one next year to raise the debt ceiling. something democrats including the president have flatly rejected. we're monitoring all angles of this dramatic story. let's to go capitol hill first where our congressional correspondent kate baldwin is standing by. set the scene. what's the very latest? >> reporter: fascinating developments. the top republican in the house, the top democrat in the senate unveiling dueling plans. what they think will be a solution to this debt ceiling crisis. pretty much within a half-hour of each other and this is what it boils down to. in order to raise the debt ceiling, house speaker john boehner's plan calls for two votes. first a vote on $1.2 trillion in cuts that would raise the debt ceiling through early next year. and then a second vote on $1.8
the house speaker john boehner's plan would require two separate votes. one this year, one next year to raise the debt ceiling. something democrats including the president have flatly rejected. we're monitoring all angles of this dramatic story. let's to go capitol hill first where our congressional correspondent kate baldwin is standing by. set the scene. what's the very latest? >> reporter: fascinating developments. the top republican in the house, the top democrat in the senate...
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john boehner has called this a rubic's cube. it is difficult to get a solution. >>neil: but they are aware of the deadlines and this is the day that the administration argued you had to get the agreement in place so you could avoid the august 2nd potential default and by that we just mean that you hit up against the limit and it doesn't mean that a downgrade, per se, or that we go and solve it, there is a higher risk of that. we will play that out. we hit that deadline, if we break that deadline, how soon before you think the credit rating answers react? >>guest: they have been aggressive about putting the united states on notice and working behind the scenes of the treasury which has been lobbying them not to do what they have been doing setting out the warnings. >>neil: if they are worried they have a funny way to she it, the dow jones industrial average was up 200 points when all the back and forth was going on and even when doles looked closest epa waited and -- looked close would evaporate so what does wall street see or not see, that you do? >>guest: there
john boehner has called this a rubic's cube. it is difficult to get a solution. >>neil: but they are aware of the deadlines and this is the day that the administration argued you had to get the agreement in place so you could avoid the august 2nd potential default and by that we just mean that you hit up against the limit and it doesn't mean that a downgrade, per se, or that we go and solve it, there is a higher risk of that. we will play that out. we hit that deadline, if we break that...
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the house passed john boehner has built two hundred eighteen to two hundred ten it's to buy but it's got some very. very strange provisions in it this is a deal way according to harry reid and the house of representatives. and. given that it has absolutely no chance of passing the house a why even bother and be the fact that it's got this balanced budget amendment in it now and you know the commission and all this stuff and of the republicans totally drink and drink the the tea party kool-aid vince you know i think what you see is that especially the passage of a balanced budget amendment a pretty high goal very lofty and obviously the senate is not interested in going through the passage of a balanced budget amendment possibly never even it wouldn't have to simply vote with a two thirds majority so what you have is a obviously a bill that is d.o.a. as you mentioned in the senate but there may be some reason obviously you have freshman in the house who believe that they owe their constituency people who place them there or something and though it may be symbolic the truth is they're
the house passed john boehner has built two hundred eighteen to two hundred ten it's to buy but it's got some very. very strange provisions in it this is a deal way according to harry reid and the house of representatives. and. given that it has absolutely no chance of passing the house a why even bother and be the fact that it's got this balanced budget amendment in it now and you know the commission and all this stuff and of the republicans totally drink and drink the the tea party kool-aid...
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what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli defense minister is visiting the united states and went on the record. >> nice to see you, sir, welcome to the united states. >> thank you for everything. >> so you've had a busy dance card so to speak seeing secretary of state hillary clinton, vice president biden and secretary of defense pinetta. >> yes. >> greta: why did you come to the united states? >> i came here to meet with palestine new jobs for the make sure that we are on the same page for the whole volcanic eruption in the middle east around us. >> greta: you came in the middle of
what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli...
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the coming two weeks are really going to dictate whether or not john boehner can. staying on as speaker of the house i think that we're really going to see at least a challenge he may or may not finish ok and i put the odds of fifty fifty there is a there's going to be a at to brute a moment painter looks over and cantor's got the show was well of course a metaphor for. college days joe madison brian darling thank you all for being here with us tonight. after the break move over party you know the party of destruction as the rains in the house and i believe take i'll tell you how the tea party gained enough power to grow our economy. twenty four seven live streaming what to do about the ongoing financial hardship unlimited free high quality videos for download. and stories you may never find on main street. or the. political. post and more are too dark. for. the corporations created a monster that monsters a group of ideologies that of wormed their way into congress and now have the power to take down our entire economy and condemn all of us to a second great depre
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. >> why do you feel sorry for john boehner. why not the president. who is captive of whom here? >> i feel sorry for our country, frankly neal, people send us to washington to try to figure out problems and i am one who believes in a sensible center and i think we don't need to move too far to the right or left. >> congressman. maybe people are tired of the way it is played out. it was democrats who voted against the debt limit when president bush was president . part of the theater. both parties do it . so that was then and this is now . now all of the sudden concerned about financial armageddon andiadiada. we have done it 18 times when ronald reagan was president and we are still in the same pickle. maybe americans are saying that dog don't hunt. >> i think what president obama was trying to do and i don't know the detail of the package. i think he thought because the pressure was on it might be a chance to bring people together and try to negotiate cuts. the way they really do it. one side no revenue enhances at all . the oth
. >> why do you feel sorry for john boehner. why not the president. who is captive of whom here? >> i feel sorry for our country, frankly neal, people send us to washington to try to figure out problems and i am one who believes in a sensible center and i think we don't need to move too far to the right or left. >> congressman. maybe people are tired of the way it is played out. it was democrats who voted against the debt limit when president bush was president . part of the...
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give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction. >> there comes a moment where the thing you want to do, nafta is a great example, trade deals are a great example. the thing you want to do, the support for it is in the middle. you won't be able to get liberals on it. you won't be able to get others on it. so you have to know how you deal with the middle. the house republicans and at this stage of the game even the senate republicans have no more playbook that tells them how to deal with the middle. bob dole is the last republican leader in the congress who knew how to deal with the middle
give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction....
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where does this shake out, and do you really want to get rid of john boehner? >> well, we have 74% of our people who say they'd like to see a new speaker or at least consider having a new speaker. we're not satisfied with what congress is doing. there's no principled leadership. the plan that boehner has put forth, it does not address the real problems which are the overspending that's going on right now, today. and his plan promises cuts in the future, and we've seen he can't even keep the promises he made. how can he expect a future congress to keep his promises? martha: let me share with you something that john mccain just said moments ago, because i think it reflects on just how high the emotions are running right now. if we could put that quote up from john mccain moments ago. he said the choice but to pass a budget amendment and be reform amendments and the tea party hobbits could return to middle earth. this is the kind of crack political shaking that turned sharron angle and christine o'donnell into gop senate nominees. your reaction to that. >> well, j
where does this shake out, and do you really want to get rid of john boehner? >> well, we have 74% of our people who say they'd like to see a new speaker or at least consider having a new speaker. we're not satisfied with what congress is doing. there's no principled leadership. the plan that boehner has put forth, it does not address the real problems which are the overspending that's going on right now, today. and his plan promises cuts in the future, and we've seen he can't even keep...
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john boehner wants to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. the vote was supposed to be a few hours ago but the speaker is shy. what is he doing to get the magic number? >> they are in the wicks office talking to members this evening. i tell you, while it has been a little while, of course, since they were supposed to have the vote and it's been delayed, this evening, a spokesman for eric cantor told my colleague the vote will be tonight. i tell you, i doubt they are going to take to the floor until they are sure they have enough votes to pass this. >> brew the coffee. it looks like we are going into the night. gloria, hard for the speaker to pull this out from the floor. his credibility, perhaps his job would be at steak. >> yeah. this is somebody who sounded last night and this morning like he had the votes. i think what we are learning is how difficult it is for a house speaker to twist arms of people elected outside the establishment and people who really don't care, in many ways, if they are not re-elected. you can't say to them, i'm goin
john boehner wants to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. the vote was supposed to be a few hours ago but the speaker is shy. what is he doing to get the magic number? >> they are in the wicks office talking to members this evening. i tell you, while it has been a little while, of course, since they were supposed to have the vote and it's been delayed, this evening, a spokesman for eric cantor told my colleague the vote will be tonight. i tell you, i doubt they are going to take to...
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john boehner has said it. mitch mcconnell has said it on the republican side and the democrats have said it as well. >> something that wasn't so good for you was your experience at npr which happens last year when you were fired. you have done a quick turn around on a book, fantastic book called "muzzled". a great title because you felt like you were muzzled in the situation there. right? >> yeah, you know, something -- again, we're talking about the budget debate this morning and i think you guys are right on target. when you say look, people are talking about -- i've got this plan, i've got that plan. here's my message to the voters. here's this message. say, you know, we don't need competing plans. we need a deal. we need people who are going to talk to each other and offer not only the ability to speak and shout and use bumper sticker slogans but actually listen to each other and then compromise and reach a deal in service to the american people. and what i've had in my experience after i got fired was so
john boehner has said it. mitch mcconnell has said it on the republican side and the democrats have said it as well. >> something that wasn't so good for you was your experience at npr which happens last year when you were fired. you have done a quick turn around on a book, fantastic book called "muzzled". a great title because you felt like you were muzzled in the situation there. right? >> yeah, you know, something -- again, we're talking about the budget debate this...
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i'm not really interested in what john boehner has to say. i'm interested in what the middle class of america has to say. i'm interested in -- >> well, congressman, he's trying to paint the picture to the middle class americans that it's president obama who has created this, quote, crisis atmosphere. what about that? >> ed, you know what, the american people -- you cannot fool all of the people, all of the time. that may be what the republicans believe, but it cannot be done. look, i think the president did a good job tonight of really explaining the basic difference between republicans2and democrats. what the republicans are saying, ed, in their plan is this, if you're one of miss constituents on long island, we want to reduce the deficit, but we want to do it on your backs. we want to fire your teachers, raise your local taxes, make it your expensive for you to send your kids to college, all in the pursuit of protecting corporate tax loopholes. and that is not a common sense prescription for our economy, it accelerates the erosion of the mi
i'm not really interested in what john boehner has to say. i'm interested in what the middle class of america has to say. i'm interested in -- >> well, congressman, he's trying to paint the picture to the middle class americans that it's president obama who has created this, quote, crisis atmosphere. what about that? >> ed, you know what, the american people -- you cannot fool all of the people, all of the time. that may be what the republicans believe, but it cannot be done. look,...